FIRE!
JUNE 24 & 25, 2023 // Pastor Mike Berry

1. ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS OF GOD IS THE

OF THE

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, WHICH IS THE

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OF GOD, THE

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OF GOD, AND THE

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OF GOD INSIDE OF US!

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16–17, NIV

2. WE NEED TO LEARN TO

THE GIFT INSIDE OF US!

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:5–7, ESV

3. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ACCELERATE THE GIFT IS TO LEARN TO

FROM GOD!

Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say. Isaiah 28:23, NIV

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one. John 10:27–30, NIV

4. WE HEAR FROM GOD WHEN:

a. WE ARE A

!

Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God. John 8:47, ESV

b. WE’RE

AND WITHOUT

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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10, NIV

Casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. 1 Peter 5:7, AMP

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TO HEAR FROM GOD!

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6, NIV

d. WE

TO HIM

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HIM AND ARE

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!

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17, NIV

so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11, NIV

e. WHEN WE

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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23–24, NIV

f. WHEN WE ARE

!

Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:19–20, NIV

5. WHEN WE LEARN TO HEAR FROM GOD, WE DISCOVER THERE IS A

ON OUR LIVES AND GOD WANTS TO

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US TO

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THAT CALLING!

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9, NIV

Action Steps: How can you do a better job of fanning into flame the gift that is inside of you? Where do you need to grow in hearing from God? Where do you think God is calling you to do more for Him? How can you grow in living out the calling in your life and leaving a Godly legacy?